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Recent Examples of intermittently
This dual-sensor setup improves tracking of low-observable or intermittently emitting targets.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Mar. 2026
Gore’s potential, intermittently tapped, ranks among the game’s elite lefties.
—Kevin Sherrington
mar. 25, Dallas Morning News, 25 Mar. 2026
Even domestic messaging platforms, such as Rubika and Bale, work only intermittently.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
Michael Loria The war with Iran has sparked fighting throughout the Middle East, including in Lebanon where Israel and Iran ally Hezbollah have been fighting intermittently for generations.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
Michael Bluth is exceptional because of the wealth his family used to enjoy, but also because of his seeming—and, to be fair, intermittently absent—levelheadedness despite the bubble in which the rest of his family still stubbornly, tenuously lives.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
Groups intermittently drop by throughout one afternoon, leaving fresh bouquets on top of old ones dried out by the unrelenting Arizona sun.
—Celina Tebor, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
Agents in tactical gear carrying long guns ran intermittently toward the facility before officials determined there was no longer an imminent threat.
—Dave Boucher, Freep.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Israeli strikes on Iran have continued, with Iran firing missiles at Israel intermittently, including overnight.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 12 Mar. 2026
Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Mar. 2026
Gore’s potential, intermittently tapped, ranks among the game’s elite lefties.
—Kevin Sherrington
mar. 25, Dallas Morning News, 25 Mar. 2026
Even domestic messaging platforms, such as Rubika and Bale, work only intermittently.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
Michael Loria The war with Iran has sparked fighting throughout the Middle East, including in Lebanon where Israel and Iran ally Hezbollah have been fighting intermittently for generations.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
Michael Bluth is exceptional because of the wealth his family used to enjoy, but also because of his seeming—and, to be fair, intermittently absent—levelheadedness despite the bubble in which the rest of his family still stubbornly, tenuously lives.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
Groups intermittently drop by throughout one afternoon, leaving fresh bouquets on top of old ones dried out by the unrelenting Arizona sun.
—Celina Tebor, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
Agents in tactical gear carrying long guns ran intermittently toward the facility before officials determined there was no longer an imminent threat.
—Dave Boucher, Freep.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Israeli strikes on Iran have continued, with Iran firing missiles at Israel intermittently, including overnight.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 12 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intermittently
Adverb
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The dolphins in the Sarasota project are periodically subject to brief catch-and-release health assessments, during which researchers, including me, briefly handle individual dolphins.—
Laela Sayigh,
The Conversation,
23 Mar. 2026
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New books were delivered to him periodically in a large chest, sent by his wife, Maria van Reigersberch.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Workers in luminous yellow jackets sat on bare concrete slabs during games, occasionally fetching footballs that flew through the uprights and bounced around.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
28 Mar. 2026
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Each story arc, or part, would follow a different descendant of the extended Joestar clan, on their own heroic (and occasionally anti-heroic journey).—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
27 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The bigger adventures will come, but sometimes the most surprising inspiration arrives on an ordinary street corner in your own city.—
Kirah Tabourn,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Mar. 2026
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Dreams are made that way sometimes.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Intermittently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intermittently. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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